Leaf-spring nano-engine as simulated in oxDNA model. [Image: The researchers] An international team of scientists has recently developed a novel type of nano-engine made of DNA. It is driven by a clever mechanism that can perform pulsing movements. The researchers are now planning to fit it with a coupling and install it as a drive in complex nanomachines. Their results were published today in the journal Nature Nanotechnology.
DNA nanotechnology is amazing! You can see a 3D visualisation of the assembled structure here: https://nanobase.org/structure/196
WOW, what a great link. I have posted a stereo image of the structure to both 3D anaglyph view and CrossView